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What causes urine to smell like onions?
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Urinary odor: Urinary odor can be a caused ingested foods (asparagus, onions, garlic, etc) , infection, metabolic illness (diabetes, inherited disorders). Try eliminating onions from your diet. If the odor disappears, then the cause is likely onions in the diet.
Answered 2/11/2015
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Urine Odor: it could be from foods that are ingested. Some foods like asparagus are notorious for this. You also could have s bladder infection. You may want to see you doctor and have a urinalysis to make sure there is nothing wrong.
Answered 6/3/2019
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